Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
19th century
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
Height: 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 1998
Accession Number
1998.208
Tags
Madonna and Child
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux · 1827–1875
Carpeaux's exuberant work was a decisive break from Neoclassical art. He won the Prix de Rome in 1854 and received many portrait bust commissions from the court. His most famous sculpture group is 'La Danse' (1869) made for the Paris Opéra. So bold is its message of bacchanalian revelry that it was vandalized in protest. French artist.